Lebanon

Syria launches major assault on strategic rebel stronghold

2013-05-19 22:51:00

BEIRUT — Syrian forces launched a large-scale assault Sunday on the city of Qusair, a rebel stronghold near the Lebanese border, in the government's latest effort to push back opposition fighters from strategic areas of the country. The opposition...

Government forces in Syria attack rebel stronghold of Qusair

2013-05-19 12:56:00

BEIRUT — Syrian government forces launched a long-planned offensive early Sunday on the strategic city of Qusair and neighboring rebel-controlled villages near the Lebanese border, with heavy shelling that began shortly after midnight, according...

U.S. decries Russia weapons sale to Syria

2013-05-17 17:21:00

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday condemned Russia's delivery of advanced antiship missiles to Syria and its buildup of warships in the eastern Mediterranean, arguing that the Kremlin's escalating support for its longtime ally in...

The struggle for Syria

2013-05-07 00:00:00

My cousin, Ramez, was dead before the echoes of the gunshot that killed him stopped ringing. His 4-year-old daughter, Zeynab, watched him fall on a narrow street in Damascus, but she never heard the shot because she is deaf. She held onto his lifeless...

Israel's likely targets in Syria: Iran and Hezbollah

2013-05-05 10:05:00

JERUSALEM – With three air strikes on targets in Syria since January, Israel is inserting itself into the Arab Spring’s most intractable conflict, heightening fears that the civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration. But as some...

Syria blames Israel for predawn blasts near Damascus

2013-05-04 21:59:00

BEIRUT — Huge explosions were reported in Damascus early Sunday, just two days after a reported Israeli airstrike in Syria targeting surface-to-air missiles possibly destined for neighboring Lebanon and the militant group Hezbollah. Syrian state...

Israel says strikes in Syria target arms for Hezbollah

2013-05-05 21:03:00

JERUSALEM — With three airstrikes against Syria since January, Israel has inserted itself forcefully into the "Arab Spring's" most intractable conflict, heightening fears that Syria's civil war could spiral into a regional conflagration. The...

Syria blames Israel for new explosions in Damascus

2013-05-04 19:21:00

BEIRUT -- Huge explosions were reported early Sunday in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and state-run media blamed Israel for a strike on a defense research facility outside the capital. State television said Israeli rockets had targeted a research...

Israel reportedly carries out airstrike against Syria

2013-05-03 23:07:00

JERUSALEM -- Israeli officials were silent Saturday about reports that their forces had launched an airstrike from the Lebanese skies onto Syrian soil. A military spokeswoman declined to comment on reports by CNN, the Associated Press and others that...

Amid reports of airstrike, Israel says it's keeping an eye on Syria

2013-05-04 10:33:00

JERUSALEM -- Amid reports that Israeli warplanes struck a weapons cache in Syria this week, a senior Israel defense ministry official said Saturday his nation was closely monitoring unrest in its neighbor but remained confident that Syria’s chemical...

Lebanon border region caught in Syria conflict

2013-05-01 17:59:00

ARSAL, Lebanon — When Mustafa Ezzedine, a Sunni Muslim from this Sunni border town, wanted to buy some furniture, he undertook a clandestine trip into war-torn Syria rather than face harassment, or worse, from Shiite Muslim security officers or...

Syria's Assad will not be abandoned, Hezbollah leader says

2013-04-30 17:49:00

BEIRUT -- The head of the powerful Hezbollah movement vowed Tuesday that the Lebanese group and other allies of Syrian President Bashar Assad would not allow the government in Damascus to be overthrown. “Syria has real friends, in the region and...

Bethlehem Flower Club member Fran Kline of Center Valley (from left) shows her display to daughter d Sally Sabol of Lebanon, New Jersey, and granddaughter Kayla Dragan, 11, of Lebanon, New Jersey, during The Magic of Flower presented by the club inside the ArtsQuest Center at SteelStacks on Sunday.

2013-05-12 00:00:00

US Secretary of State John Kerry, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a joint press conference in Moscow Tuesday following their talks on how to resurrect a peace process for Syria.

2013-05-08 05:00:00

The Israeli coast from Tel Aviv to the border of Lebanon is dotted with interesting sights. The thriving city of Haifa is home to the main temple of the Baha'i Faith. Its founder, Baha'u'llah, is buried in Israel.

2013-04-30 20:34:21